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Solicitors in World War One Tony Cunneen BA, MA Dip ED. Contact Solicitors in World War One Tony Cunneen BA, MA Dip ED. Contact [email protected] Solicitors were demonstrably loyal to their country and Empire during World War I. True to these values, and sensitive to the obligations of social service, solicitors and their families involved themselves in the conflict either through enlisting in the armed forces or by supporting war related charities and organisations such as the Comforts Fundi or the Australian Branch of the British Red Cross. Solicitor WM Marks, who saw service in the British Navy on a minesweeper, expressed a commonly held attitude when he exhorted the assembled students of Sydney Grammar School to “rush to the colours and down the dirty Hun!. .What better can you do than to go out and die fighting for your country?”ii He survived the war. Others were not so lucky The first adventurous solicitors who enlisted in August 1914 went with the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) to fight in New Guinea. John Malbon Maughan, a 36-year-old solicitor from Neutral Bay was among them. Maughan was beginning a military career that would see him later survive fighting on Gallipoli then being wounded in action on the Western Front, where he would be awarded the high honour of the Distinguished Service Order. While the ANMEF battled the heat and humidity in New Guinea the first contingents of soldiers sailed from Fort Macquarie near Man o’ War Steps in Sydney Harbour. They expected to go to Europe but disembarked in Egypt. Colonel Leonard Dobbin, a 46-year-old Irish born solicitor commanded of the 1st Battalion. He was one of many members of the law who had been chosen to be officers in these contingents. Another influential appointment was an Indian born 34-year-old solicitor: Major Charles Melville Macnaghten, who was in the 4th Battalion. He was an imposing, vigorous, impetuous character who had gained a reputation in the pre-war militia for transforming inner city youth into soldiers. His commanding voice could have been heard echoing around the Domain as he trained his young men. When war broke out he worked closely with Sydney barrister, Colonel Henry Normand MacLaurin. The two men “largely influenced the choice of officers throughout the (1st) Brigade.” iii Generally, they chose men similar to themselves in terms of professional or business status. A steady stream of solicitors joined up. Free Legal Advice Solicitors were keen to help out in a variety of ways other than as members of the armed forces. Legal firms offered free advice to soldiers on active service. At the beginning of the war this offer may have been made out of patriotic energy but it would commit these lawyers to years of protracted complex matters. With nearly 100,000 men from New South Wales going overseas during the war it was no small service to have offered free legal advice to them. On occasion, soldiers’ wills were dealt with by solicitors who were grieving themselves for lost relatives. The legal processes could be quite difficult especially if the body of the soldier was not located or there was a dispute over the next-of-kin, the date of death, the correct recipients of medals or the loss of the soldier’s possessions. Red Cross Another practical way of helping the families of soldiers was through the Red Cross Missing and Wounded Bureau, which was established in mid 1915and funded largely by the legal profession. The Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales provided practical support for the Bureau by guaranteeing a sum of one hundred pounds per annum towards the salary of a permanent clerk at the office. Many solicitors gave up their time to visit hospitals to interview survivors to ascertain the details of men killed or missing in action. Relatives of such men were invited through regular advertisements to visit the Bureau’s offices to be told whatever news was available or simply to enquire as to the progress of an investigation. Families were desperate for any scrap of information and often constructed elaborate scenarios as to the possible survival of a loved one: could he have been a prisoner or wounded and suffering from memory loss and lying unnoticed in some hospital somewhere? Red Cross searchers looking for information scoured hospitals and military around the world. Countless letters and cables were sent. All the evidence was then evaluated and a report sent to the family. The Bureau’s detailed, careful assessment of evidence shows all the hallmarks of legal procedures. These report can now be accessed today through the Australian War Memorial archives. They are an invaluable historical resource. Comforts Fund In addition to the Red Cross and free legal advice a number of solicitors were active in the Comforts Funds, which looked after the personal needs of the soldiers. Among the Comfort’s Fund’s leading lights was its Vice President, the influential and politically committed solicitor, Edward Percy Simpson of Minter, Simpson & Co. Typical of the patriotism of the time, his family was involved in the war effort. His son Edward Telford Simpson was admitted to partnership of the firm in 1916 while he was on active service in Europe with the Royal Flying Corps. His daughter, Helen, was employed by the British Admiralty decoding messages in foreign languages. AR Minter’s son, Bruce, also enlisted. Another great fundraiser for the Comforts Fund was the solicitor and mayor of Hunters Hill, William Windeyer. He gave all manner of practical support, including donating the flowers he cultivated to the fund for sale at one of their Pitt Street stalls. The Comforts Fund had its head office at 113 Pitt Street, next door to the Red Cross Missing and Wounded Enquiry Bureau. Law firms surrounded both organisations. The Fund’s mostly female volunteers worked long, uncomfortable hours on the sewing and knitting of socks, warm clothing, carry bags as well as putting together of food parcels and other bundles of comforts for soldiers overseas. They had plenty of work to do once the landings had been made on Gallipoli. Gallipoli 1915 One of the first of the legal professionals to fall in action was the Sydney solicitor, Alan Lieutenant Dawson, killed in the confused battles on Galliopli on day one, 25 April 1915. Solicitor, Major Macnaghten, went ashore and showed his enthusiasm for battle soon after. On 26 April a messenger burst into the 4th Battalion Headquarters and blurted out: “the line is to make a general advance.” Famously, Macnaghten said to his Commanding Officer, Colonel Onslow Thompson: “I’ll take the right Colonel, if you’ll take the left”. Then they attacked with their men. Charles Bean wrote that ‘led by two of the bravest and most highly trained officers in the force, without the vaguest instruction or any idea as to an objective, the 4th . went blindly on to Lone Pine.’iv Defeat was inevitable. Macnaghten did his best to rally his retreating troops. He was shot in the chest, but went on. Then he was shot in the throat. He staggered back to an aid post and collapsed. But the noise of battle was too much. He revived, drew his revolver and set off again at the enemy. He only stopped when he was unconscious. The day after this battle, Macnaghten’s close associate, the barrister Colonel Henry MacLaurin was killed in action. His death was a great shock to the legal community. Fighting with Macnaghten in the 4th Battalion in that battle were the Sydney solicitors Lieutenant Bertie Stacy and Lieutenant Adam Simpson. Bertie Stacy was reported as being a particularly effective soldier who ‘displayed gallantry, coolness and judgement during the whole operation.’ The report was one of a number of such commendations made by their Company Commander, another solicitor, Captain Hector Clayton. The men survived the fighting, but others were not so lucky. Major John Brier Mills a 45-year-old solicitor who had survived the Boer War, was killed in the Turkish attacks in late May. Other Units containing the usual proportion of solicitors arrived to replace the fallen. Captain John Malbon Maughan survived New Guinea then went to war again with the 12th Light Horse Regiment. Commanding the Light Horse was a 46-year-old solicitor and Member of Parliament, Percy Phipps Abbott from Glen Innes. He had another solicitor serving with him - Ernest Ambrose “Nulla” Roberts, a 43-year-old who practised in Wagga. Roberts was one of those who had joined up as an example to younger men. He could have kept away from the front line as an orderly with his good friend and commanding officer, Percy Abbott. However, Roberts insisted on fighting and was killed while duelling with a Turkish sniper in the front lines on 17 September 1915. His death was widely mourned, particularly amongst the ex-student community of The Kings School, at Parramatta, which he had attended along with his fellow Light horseman, John Malbon Maughan. Such close connections were common amongst lawyers. At least two other solicitors fell in action on Gallipoli. On 6 August a number of Units attacked one of the heavily defended Turkish Positions at Lone Pine. The indefatigable Macnaghten, newly promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and recovered from his earlier wounds, led the 4th Battalion was wounded again during the action. His name reappears throughout the accounts of Lone Pine; calling for reinforcements; replacing officers wounded or killed in action; clearing the trenches of wounded and organising the defence against Turkish assaults. Macnaghten’s worst injuries were not physical. He was deeply traumatised by his experiences.
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